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Can the Dating Game be Taught? Maybe, If You’re Willing to Pay for It.

PUA is a national organization. They have meetings in every city, a code, handbooks and secret names. Are you familiar with the acronym? I wasn’t either, until last night when my friend spilled the beans over sushi

PUA stands for Pick Up Artists. Some of you may remember a little show hosted by Mystery on VH1 about two years ago called, The Pick Up Artist. Mystery takes these socially awkward guys and hands them lines, body language and confidence to talk to women at bars, parties etc. One opening pickup line I remember was, “ So do you floss before or after you brush?” Another was, “If you thought your boyfriend was cheating on you, would you check his email?” Not sure if these are really lines of gold, but my friend along with a convention of other men paid a minimum of $199 to listen to professional pickup artists a few weeks ago in LA, at the PUA World Summit.

There is even a 2010 update, an entire seminar on how to pickup girls online like on match.com. Do we as women really stand a chance against these bought skills? Where is the convention for us ladies? On how to snag a man or use our body language, like Erin’s famous slow wink and smile.

The only HUGE problem with all of this, as I mentioned to my friend was; But what do you do once you get the girl? Do they teach you how to be in a relationship and keep the girl?

“Uhhhhh.” He drew a blank. Getting in our pants will only get you so far, how about those guys (like my friend) who are looking for a lasting relationship?

Guess once you get the girl you’re on your own boys

Would you ever pay to go to a convention on landing a man? Do you think these conventions are sleezy or educational for the guys? Can you spot their dating game from miles away?